Science Education & Policy

TORONTO, Canada, September 11 /PRNewswire/ -- - Redline's RedMAX(TM) Family of WiMAX Forum Certified(R) Products Will Provide IDNet Customers With Advanced Data and Internet Services Redline Communications Group Inc. ("Redline") (TSX and AIM: RDL), a leading provider of WiMAX and broadband wireless infrastructure products, and IDNet, a leading Costa Rican wireless broadband services operator, today announced that IDNet has deployed Redline's award-winning RedMAX(TM) family of WiMAX Forum Certified(R) products, to provide enterprise and residential customers with advanced internet and data…

Mayo Clinic investigators have demonstrated that stem cells can be used to regenerate heart tissue to treat dilated cardiomyopathy, a congenital defect, according to research published in Stem Cells. The study expands on the use of embryonic stem cells to regenerate tissue and repair damage after heart attacks and demonstrates that stem cells also can repair the inherited causes of heart failure. The team reproduced prominent features of human malignant heart failure in a series of genetically altered mice. Specifically, the "knockout" of a critical heart-protective protein known as the KATP…

BRIDGEWATER, New Jersey, September 10 /PRNewswire/ -- - Original Briefing Papers Used by NICE to Shape Its New Cost-Effectiveness Guidelines Offer Unique and Timely Insight for Honing Manufacturer Submissions Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading provider of information and business intelligence for students, professionals and institutions in medicine, nursing, allied health, pharmacy and the pharmaceutical industry, today published a special issue of Adis PharmacoEconomics devoted to helping drug makers better understand the requirements behind the so-called "fourth hurdle" -- demonstrating a…

LONDON, September 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Online News Distributor, Feedzilla.com is branching out into Consumer Education to provide readers with vital before-you-buy information on a wide range of products. Until today, Feedzilla, has specialized in supplying free news and video widgets, or "feeds", for clients to download and place on their websites and blogs according to specific areas of interest. Feedzilla's expansion into consumer information means increased access to countless articles from every possible angle that can, and will, effect consumer decisions and purchasing habits. Price…

BASKING RIDGE, New Jersey, September 10 /PRNewswire/ -- - 87 Percent of Investor Relations Professionals Believe Communications Technology Helps Organizations Achieve Business and Environmental Goals Eighty-seven percent of investor relations professionals say they believe companies can improve long-term shareholder value through better carbon management -- reducing emissions that affect the environment -- and that communications technologies can help companies achieve their overall corporate social responsibility goals. Those are among the key findings of a new study conducted by Verizon…

Retail medical clinics located in pharmacies and other stores primarily attract both insured and uninsured patients who are seeking help for a small group of easy-to-treat illnesses or preventive care but do not otherwise have a regular health care provider, according to a new RAND Corporation study. Retail medical clinics are typically located in drug stores and other large retail chain stores, such as Target and Wal-Mart, rather than in medical facilities. There are now almost 1,000 retail clinics in the United States and it is estimated there may be 6,000 by 2011. The RAND Health study…

If haven't yet listened to Ryan Gregory or Larry Moran (or me) on junk DNA, for the love of God, listen to Carl Zimmer before you ever use that term in a scientific paper, press release, or blog post! For some reason people like to set junk DNA up as a straw man, and pretend that every discovery of functional non-coding DNA is paradigm-shifting. Don't believe them!

LONDON, September 9 /PRNewswire/ -- The 13 members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) pumped an average 32.81 million barrels per day (b/d) of crude oil in August, a Platts survey of OPEC and oil industry officials showed September 9. This is 40,000 b/d higher than the July production of 32.77 million b/d. Excluding Iraq, the 12 members bound by OPEC output agreements produced an average 30.41 million b/d, the survey showed. This is 100,000 b/d more than July's 30.31 million b/d and some 737,000 b/d greater than OPEC's 29.673 million b/d output target. "The small…

LONDON, September 9 /PRNewswire/ -- The Work Foundation today announces changes to its structure and focus to consolidate its position as the leading research and consultancy organisation specializing in work in the UK and Europe. It is refocusing around four clear programmatic themes of Leadership, Health and Well Being, The Future of HR, and Ideopolis: Knowledge City Regions to concentrate on offering expert consulting and ground-breaking research in these areas. Existing research in the knowledge economy and in public value, as well as commentary and policy work around labour market and…

DALLAS, Texas, September 9 /PRNewswire/ -- - A Global Collaborative Learning Program for Primary and Secondary School Students AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) today announced a $50,000 contribution to support the Global Virtual Classroom (GVC) - a free online collaborative learning project that fosters teamwork, creativity, cross cultural understanding and teaches IT and website design skills amongst students working together from around the world. Sponsored by the Give Something Back International Foundation (GSBI), and now in its sixth year, the GVC provides an opportunity for primary and secondary…